Yes, the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was essential to preserving the Union, as the Articles of Confederation did a poor job of creating a stable America. Only a handful of people from across the nation were satisfied with the issues addressed in the Articles of Confederation. This document did not unite the nation, but created more differences among people. The Articles of Confederation failed to adequately distribute power between Congress and the states, giving the states supreme control, rather than Congress. This imbalance in society left each individual state alone, beyond the alliances they could form with each other (creating even more rifts within the country). Congress did not have the power to tax or create a national army, navy, or army, which did not allow America to grow stronger as a nation. By giving these powers to the state, the Articles of Confederation technically created thirteen small countries. After the Revolution, the United States became even more susceptible to foreign invaders, and if a small state militia had been responsible for repelling these invaders, the state would have easily been attacked. This is just one of the consequences that could have occurred if the Constitution of 1787 had not been accepted. The Constitution gave the nation essential powers, without which America would collapse. With this newly created document, three different branches of government were created: the judicial, the legislative, and the executive. The legislature was made up of Congress, which now had the power to raise an army, control interstate and international commerce, and create laws. The judicial branch was the Supreme Court, which would review the president's decision (in the executive branch... middle of the paper... ge was created, to give voice to the people's opinion and keep distance from the crowd) Having the members in the country's capital voting according to their state's decision allows the country not to suffer the fate of being controlled by a radical mob. Now, the issue of slave representation became an issue for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention the states wanted the slave population to have a say, while the Northern states were dead set against counting something that was purchased as property, by count as one person. By counting slaves, Southern representation in Congress would increase, allowing plantation owners to have more say in the country's decisions—the Three-Fifths Compromise with slaves (giving each slave three-fifths of a vote), since the South threatened to cut off the North's food supply.